Team

VIRGILIO VALENTE
Principal Investigator
Research area: Integrated CMOS-MEMS wireless sensors and systems for medical applications.

HANIEH ASHRAFIRAD
PhD Student (2021 – )
Research area: Ultra-low-power CMOS circuits for mm-scale wireless sensors.

SIMA DARBASI
PhD Student (2022 – )
Research area: Multimodal CMOS-MEMS sensors for medical implants

RUSHAE SMITH 
MASc Student (2022- )
Project: Anti-biofouling strategies for implantable biosensors

SNEH PATEL
MASc Student (2022 – )
Project: Modeling of MEMS inductive pressure sensors
* Co -supervised with Dr. M.A. Antoniades

IRENE MIAH
MASc Student (2023 – )
Project: Lab-on-a-chip for single cell electrophysiology

QUENTIN CURRIER-MORITSUGU
MASc Student (2023 – )
Project: Flexible MEMS-CMOS sensors

DIEGO DURAN-ARTEAGA
MEng Student (2023 – )
Project: Multimodal MEA system

MEGAN YIU
Women in STEM Research Assistant at iBEST (2022 -)
Project: Multi-sensor heart patch

KIRILL PUSTOVETOV
Research Assistant (2022 -)
Project: Wireless impedance measurement system

NOAH BECKER
Visiting MSc Student (Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Germany)
Project: Dual-mode MEMS LC sensor readout

PAST MEMBERS

SAM SORRENTI | Research Assistant | 2023 | PWM-PPM sensor readout circuit
PRAVIN RAJANAYAGAM  | MEng Student | 2021-2022| MEMS inductive pressure sensor
JOSHUA DEMILL | Research Assistant | 2022 | LC sensor arrays
SHREYANSH ANAND | Mitacs Globalink RA | 2022 | Time-mode impedance analyzer
HUSSAIN GAJANI | Research Assistant | 2022 | Silicon electrochemical sensors
AHNAF SHAHRIAR | Research Assistant | 2021 | Model of time-based impedance readout
DENNIS GOTTHARDT | Research Assistant | 2021 | Single op amp PWM circuit

TEAM PHOTOS

  • Sneh presenting his poster and Hanieh and Sima volunteering at BioCAS 2023 in Toronto
  • Sneh presenting his poster at BSN 2023 in Boston
  • WiS Lab Day Out on Centre Island in Aug 2023 (from left to right: Sneh, Vivo, Sima, Hanieh, Irene, Shae)
  • Sima presenting her poster at the EMBC 2023 in Syndey
  • Sima and Vivo presenting the Wis Lab’s posters at EMBC 2023 in Sydney
  • Hanieh presenting her paper at PRIME 2023 in Valencia
  • Team lunch at Spring Sushi, Sept 2022 (from left to right: Megan, Sima, Hanieh, Vivo, Kirill, Shae)